Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced a relief of Rs one lakh to the family of a worker killed in a Metro rail site mishap recently.

She announced granting the sum from the Chief Minister's General Relief Fund to the family of Timbal Shah and Rs 25,000 each to two persons undergoing treatment at a hospital for injuries sustained in the same mishap.

Shah was killed when a launching girder crashed at a Metro rail construction site here on January 10.